Re: [SOLVED] Weird artifacts after upgrade to linux-3.5.3-1

Same problem here with custom built desktop. Just rebooted after kernel upgrade. Also of note - xorg-server and xf86-video-intel were also upgraded prior to this reboot.

Currently my screen looks just like the OP's images. However, it appears to me that the second image in the first post (after downgrade of kernel) still has artifacts. I haven't downgraded any packages yet. Will investigate further tomorrow.

Re: [SOLVED] Weird artifacts after upgrade to linux-3.5.3-1

However, it appears to me that the second image in the first post (after downgrade of kernel) still has artifacts.

Could you point out where you think there are still artifacts in the screenshot after the downgrade? To me everything looks as I have seen it always.

My apologies, you are correct. The artifacts I was seeing was a result of my own screen corruption. Viewing your posted images from another computer, I can see the second image is fine. I will try disabling KMS when I return home this evening and see if this solves my problem as well.

Re: [SOLVED] Weird artifacts after upgrade to linux-3.5.3-1

I can confirm the problem as well as the solution of disabling KMS for my Mobility Radeon X1400, running with xf86-video-ati.

In addition, I'd like to explicitly point out that this problem also affects font-rendering in graphical terminals (not just GUI-programs as on NeoXP's screenshot), making them largely unusable. Consider exhibit a.I just wanted to mention this in case there are more people who, like me, didn't see the correlation at first.

Re: [SOLVED] Weird artifacts after upgrade to linux-3.5.3-1

Cyphex wrote:

In addition, I'd like to explicitly point out that this problem also affects font-rendering in graphical terminals (not just GUI-programs as on NeoXP's screenshot), making them largely unusable. Consider exhibit a.I just wanted to mention this in case there are more people who, like me, didn't see the correlation at first.

Yes, I noticed this as well. Although mine was not as unreadable as the image you posted, the distortion was quite evident. On a side note, my two Arch boxes at the office (Intel graphics on one, the other nouveau ) do not seem to be affected. However, the one office box with Intel graphics is an i915 chipset, the box at home with the problem is Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge).

Re: [SOLVED] Weird artifacts after upgrade to linux-3.5.3-1

Cyphex wrote:

I can confirm the problem as well as the solution of disabling KMS for my Mobility Radeon X1400, running with xf86-video-ati.

In addition, I'd like to explicitly point out that this problem also affects font-rendering in graphical terminals (not just GUI-programs as on NeoXP's screenshot), making them largely unusable. Consider exhibit a.I just wanted to mention this in case there are more people who, like me, didn't see the correlation at first.

I didn't mention it, but I can confirm this. But only when opening a terminal in graphical server.

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Re: [SOLVED] Weird artifacts after upgrade to linux-3.5.3-1

I have decided to move to the lts kernel for now on the affected machine. So far, it works well. It seems that the intel driver requires KMS for xorg to function, so disabling KMS is evidently not an option.